Guiding means for car bodies



nec.16,1924. Y 1,519,349

O. E. BARTHEL GUIDING MEANS FOR CAR BODIES Fileduan. 20, w21

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Application filed a ii,

To all wlw/m t may concern.'

Be it lnown that l, @LIVER ll. llanrnni., a citizen ot the United States of nierica, :residingat Bei oit7 in the county et Wayne and State oi cl'iiganj have invented certain new and nselfnl lniproveinents in Guiding Means ifor Car Bodies, of which the followingv is a specilication, reference being,` had therein to the accompanying dnlwings.

his' invention r lates to guiding nieans tor ai.' oodies, and has special reference to a nionorail systein of traction, wherein a car body or train travels between top and bottom rails, or similar guide nieans, in contradistinction to a single overhead rail or a pair ot bottom rails.

The primary object ot niy invention is to provide a top and bottoni of a car body or car body traine with novel t ncls for snpporting tie car body between the top and bottoni rails so that the car body niay be safely used and contorni to all operative re qniren'ients ot a inonorail systeni of traction.

Another object ot this invention is to furnish the car body with top and bottoni. trucks and v aliningl lhing bolts by which the car body may be swiveled or trannioned between the trucks7 the arrzngeinent of the king bolts vbeing` snch as to provide an uninterrupted or clear passage in the car body.

Another object of this invention is to tui'- nish the car body with trucks having a single king bolt aiticnlating` the trucks so that the car body will be swiveled or trnnnioned relative to the trncl.

A further object ot" this invention isfto provide a car body with an overhead trolley including a novel squali/icing nieinber by which opposed trolley wheels are yieldably held relative to a guide rail.

A. still further object ot this invention is to provide a trolley enibodying` a swiveled base. horizontally disposed trolley wheels adapted to yleldably engage a rail, and equalizing` means articulating the wheels to constantly maintain the wheels in engageinent with the rail.

The above and other objects are attained by a construction that will be hereinafter de scribed and then clailned, and reference will now be had to the drawing, whereinlligure l is a vertical cross sectional View ot a car body, showing` a car traine provided with top and bott-oni trucks in accordance with iny invention;

*f i/'iew illustrating i sectional view ot Fig. 1.

ion tiled Dec. fil, ylere is disclosed a n ot traction, and i may be nnderl n or a truck trtielr tor inonoraii sys in order that this inty including, anion@` o 1y a 'wheel 2 on a ra a bolster o snitaby s 1 swiveled center pl i., -3 a king,` bolt P rEhe above ref ted elen y the traine l. i ts constitute a bottoni truck and one or inore ot these trucks support a car body.

lnstead ot" showing a complete car body, there is illustrated a car body traine 8 having a door sill or beani 9 provided with a center bearing 10 to which the center plate 6 ot the truck is suitably connected, with the hing bolt 'l extending through the center: bearing,` 10, so that the car traine and the center plate will be swiveled on the trnclr rlhe car traine 8 includes a root beain 11 provided with a center plate 12, and swiveled on saidy center plate is a trolley base 13 retained thereon by a king bolt 1e, said king bolt vertically alining with the king bolt '2. is shown in Fig. 1 the separate ano indeh pendent king bolts and 14% do not interi-'ere with the passage in the car body trarne 8, and said car body traine constitutes a oo nection between the center plates 6 and 12 so that the car body traine niay turn, in a lateral plane, between the truck and the trolley base 18. ln sonie instances a single hing bolt 15X, as shown in Fig. 2, may connect the trolley base 13 and the truck and when a single king bolt is used, the car body may be built around the ring bolt.

The trolley base 13 is somewhat Y shaped in end elevation with its arms provided with opposed housings 14X having detachable top plates l5, and slidable in said housing are the guide ends 16 of a yolre shaped equalia ing ifneinber 1'?, the central portion of said equalizing member being depressed and snitably reinforced.

Slidable in the guide ends 16 of the equalizing` nieniber 17 are trolley harpe 18 pro vided with opposed horizontally disposed trolley wheels 19 adapted to travel against a top rail or guide 20, which has been shown in the form of two confronting channel bars. The trolley harps 18 have guide rods 21 extending through the guide ends 16 of the equalizing member 17 and the outer ends of the housings 14X, said rods having the outer ends thereof provided vwith nuts or abutments 22. Encircling the guide rods 21 within the end guides 16 of the equalizing member 17, are coiled expansion springs 23, and the expansive force of these springs is adapted to constantly maintain the trolley wheels 19 of the harps 18 in engagement with the top rail 20.

rlhe equalizing member li is slid-ably supported by the housings 14X of the trolley base 13, and it is possible for the expansive force of one of the springs 23 to shift the equalizing member 1'? and `thus properly vposition the guide ends 16 relative to the top rail 2O with the depressing portion ot the equalizing member providing clearance ier the top rail. In operation, tilting or lateral swaying ot' the car body trame 8 may ca se the trolley base 13 to contact with one side or the other oft the equalizing member 17 and when this occurs the guides 16 of the equalizing member 17 will cause one of the springs 23 to be placed under additional tension and the tension of the other spring reduced, but in no instance does the tension of the springs permit the wheels 19 to move out ot contacu with the top rail 20. There is always a positive contact so that should the car body be electrically driven there is no danger of an electrical disconnection between the top raii and the trolley construction.

The swiveled trolley base 13 and its yieldable horizontally disposed trolley harps 18 constitutes a toptrucl; tor the topi or the car body trame and it is these superposed trucks that permit of the car body frame S laterally swinging when the top and bottom truck encounter curved rails.

VJ hat I claim is :h

1. The combination of a car body, a rail above said body, and swiveled yieldable means engaging opposite sides of said rail to prevent excessive tilting oit said body, said means being laterally yieldable relative to said rail.

2. Over head guiding means for a car body comprising a truck, an equalizing member in said truck, andopposed rail end engaging means in said equalizing member.

3. Guiding means as in claim 2 characterized by said truck being swiveled and said equalizing member sliding in said truck.

le Guiding means as in claim 2, characterized by said rail engaging means being in the .form of wheel harps yieldable in said equalizing member.

5. Overhead guiding means for a car body rela-tive to a rail, comprising a truck, opposed rail engaging wheels, means supporting said rail engaging wheels relative to said truck maintaining said wheels constantly in engagement with the rail irrespective of the position et the truck relative to the rail, and springs associated with said wheels with the wheel supporting means disposed to vary the tension of said springs during lateral movement of the truck relative to the rail.

6. A trolley tor a car, comprising opposed horizontally disposed rail engaging wheels, harps for the wheels, a shittable equalizing member supporting said harps, and means interposed between said harps and said member permitting movement ot said harps during shitting ot said equalizing member.

7. rIhe combination or" a car, a rail, and a rail engaging trolley for the car, comprising a truck between the rail and car, a shiftable equalizing member between the rail and said truck and supported by said truck, and opposed horizontally disposed wheels supported from said equalizing member and constantly engaging the rail.

8. The combination set forth in claim 7, wherein said wheels are carried by spring pressed harps slidable in said equalizing member.

9. A trolley comprising horizontally disposed wheels, harps therefor, springs pressing said harpe, a member adapted to simultaneously increase the tension ot one spring and decrease the tension of the other spring, and means slidably supporting said member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

OLIVER E. BARTHEL. Witnesses ANNA M. Donn, ANNA C. RAVTLER. 

